Radio Garden for non UK radio now blocked in UK due to Turkish Court decision

Hi folks
I'm just back in the UK for a temporary gig --- I found though my favourite app where I listen to home or other international stations -- Radio Garden has since Nov 2022 been in the UK blocked from access to any "Non UK radio station". I'm not making a tirade on Brexit here -- I think my views on that disaster are well known -- and it actually for once it isn't responsable -- the reason seems to be some weird ruling from an obscure Turkish Court (hardly the most democratic courts on the planet in spite of the fact a great country, great food friendly people etc).

C'mon folks -- Do you really think blocking German News or Belgian classical music concerts from Brussels from Free radio stations (hardly "Pirate stuff) enhances your status as a Democracy -- I hope "Putinmania" is not taking hold to see who can be the most rigorous state in banning access to Foreign media.

Of course "Get roundable with VPN" -- but surely countries should be MORE international not less.

Sorry for rant but this sort of stuff really annoys me- especially as these Radio stations are all Free and nothing Piratical about them. (BTW Tunein has had a similar ban for a much longer time but for a different reason).

Cheers

jimbo

I guess living in America we never think of getting our radio stations blocked, i would hate to lose my music, not so much the news ! I feel your pain ! Hang in there, i hope they resolve this soon !

A coincidence...I was on the Google Play Store to download the Radio Garden Android app yesterday and remembered seeing the first review listed, which stated:-

"Up till recently I have had this app on my phone and tablet and for the past 3 years have found it an inspirational source of diverse music and culture from every part of the world . As of now however ,it appears that (and I don't hold the developers in any way responsible) the UK users can no longer access stations outside the UK . As there have been no recent patches or updates for the App I presume that the loss of functionality is an external problem possibly due to changes in UK data law."

VPN time for you. perhaps?

Wonder if it's a BS copyright law. Parts of Europe, has a history of flawed copyright laws. Notably Belgium years ago (solved now, TMK) and France, where you're required to censor out buildings in the background due to a fundamental flaw in copyright law, where free-panorama doesn't exist, the same problem that Belgium (That was evident at wikipedia. org, IIRC) had years ago.

trevo said:

A coincidence...I was on the Google Play Store to download the Radio Garden Android app yesterday and remembered seeing the first review listed, which stated:-

"Up till recently I have had this app on my phone and tablet and for the past 3 years have found it an inspirational source of diverse music and culture from every part of the world . As of now however ,it appears that (and I don't hold the developers in any way responsible) the UK users can no longer access stations outside the UK . As there have been no recent patches or updates for the App I presume that the loss of functionality is an external problem possibly due to changes in UK data law."

VPN time for you. perhaps?

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Works fine again with Nordvpn -- any decent vpn will do. I like nordvpn as its fast, cheap, has loads of servers and especially when using on a computer it has "Tunnelling capability" which means you can also exclude things from vpn control such as internal (your own) LAN files, individual apps etc.Very useful function.

Cheers
jimbo

jimbo45 said:

Works fine again with Nordvpn -- any decent vpn will do. I like nordvpn as its fast, cheap, has loads of servers and especially when using on a computer it has "Tunnelling capability" which means you can also exclude things from vpn control such as internal (your own) LAN files, individual apps etc.Very useful function.

Cheers
jimbo

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Thanks -- also looks good -- cheap enough -- I don't mind having a choice of vpn's until my nordvpn subscription runs out (Feb 2024).

Cheers
jimbo